This team might win fewer games next year because they exchange some of the older players in favor of rookies or other young talent, or because they run into injuries.
Anybody hoping Danny is going to tear this thing down all over again and that the Celts are going to tank is almost certainly going to be disappointed.
The talent on this roster is too spread out to tank via any means other than an utter firesale of all the guys who have shown an ability to produce at the NBA level. That would be very counter-productive.
Finally .....well put....TP ...... Baring a rash of season ending injuries to half the team , those dreaming of a 13 win season need to wake up ....it ain't happening .
Danny and CBS aren't tankers ......neither are the owners..
Time for the perpetual tanker fans to give it up.
I think the tank discussion will go on unless Philly really bottoms out and their whole rebuild fails I think you will see a lot of "we should have tanked" posts however, I hope that the tankers at least switch from "we should tank" to "we should have tanked" because lets face it... the Celtics arent going to tank.
There are going to be tanking posts until Boston (1) gets a genuine star, & (2) looks capable of winning a playoff series.
So probably for the next 2-3 years.
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This is not unusual. This is the type of discussions all teams have that are in a similar position as Boston. As a late lottery / borderline playoff team.
The Rockets were stuck in this position for 5 years after Yao Ming retired until they landed James Harden in trade. They stayed competitive and played around .500 ball most of those seasons. Even so, there was still a focal part of the fanbase that thought Morey's strategy was wrong and wanted the team to bottom out instead of plodding along through mediocrity. There were calls for Morey to be fired.
Then they got Harden and Harden blew up once he got to Houston. Then all those calls went away. That is what has to happen to the Boston Celtics for the calls to tank to go away. A genuine star & realistic chance to win in the playoffs. Real genuine hope of making a run in the playoffs in the immediate to very near future.
Until then, these tanking debates are going to go on and on and on ... and on some more.
Best just to accept them as part of everyday life for a team in Boston's situation because they are. They happen everywhere. Every team.